Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Prodeniini (tribe)/  Spodoptera (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1865)
Citation:	Prodenia apertura
Original genus:	Prodenia
Publication:	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2.
Journal:	—
Volume:	32
Issue:
Pagination:	654
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38917217

Spodoptera apertura (1)

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Taxonomic note:

See also B. Le Ru et al. 2018: 4.

Le Ru B. P., Barbut J., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Goftishu M. & Kergoat G. J. 2018. Re-establishment of Spodoptera teferii Laporte in Rougeot (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Noctuinae), with an updated molecular phylogeny for the genus Spodoptera Guenée.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Neotype ♀, designated by M. Pogue (2002: 54), ANIC. The original ♂ holotype from Sri Lanka, NHMUK, is lost (see M. Pogue 2002: 54).	Australia	[Australia], New South Wales, 3 miles S of Post Macquarie, 26.iii.1965, leg. I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton.	Pogue M. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 654

Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia, Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra), New Guinea, Papua New Guinea; Oriental: S China, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Botswana		Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 254
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Comoros	Grande Comore (Ngazidja)	Le Ru B. P., Barbut J., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Goftishu M. & Kergoat G. J. 2018. Re-establishment of Spodoptera teferii Laporte in Rougeot (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Noctuinae), with an updated molecular phylogeny for the genus Spodoptera Guenée. page 4
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Comoros		Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 254
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 254
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Ethiopia		Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 254
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Madagascar		Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 218 (as leucophlebia)
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 289 (as leucophlebia)
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	South Africa	Western Cape	Pogue M. 2002. A world revision of the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 54
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	South Africa	Gauteng	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 164 (as leucophlebia)
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 164 (as leucophlebia)
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	South Africa	Northern Cape	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 164 (as leucophlebia)
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 472
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Tanzania		Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 254
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Zambia		Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 254
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page 164 (as leucophlebia)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Spodoptera apertura (Walker, 1865)	Nicotiana sp.	Solanaceae		Brown E. S. & Dewhurst C. F. 1975. The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Africa and the Near East. page 254

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Spodoptera connexa (Wileman, 1914)	(Wileman, 1914)	species	Synonym	Laphygma connexa
Spodoptera leucophlebia (Hampson, 1902)	(Hampson, 1902)	species	Synonym	Prodenia leucophlebia
Spodoptera synstictis (Hampson, 1896)	(Hampson, 1896)	species	Synonym	Prodenia synstictis